“And he comes back with a bang that’s for sure.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So Nate got his s— rocked last week [Laughs].
JACOB ELORDI:When I read the script, I kinda knew it was coming [Laughs].
Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs in season 1 of ‘Euphoria.'.HBO
And filming it was amazing.
We have our great stunt coordinator, Jeff Barnett, he’s a legend.
And it was brutal.
Jacob Elordi in the season 2 premiere of HBO’s ‘Euphoria.'.Eddy Chen/HBO
It was definitely brutal.
Yeah, I sawAngus Cloudposted a video of you two rehearsing that stunt.
Did the bottles actually hurt at all?
Jacob Elordi in the ‘Euphoria’ season 2 premiere on HBO.Eddy Chen/HBO
Angus said he was pretty worried about hurting you the whole time.
Yeah, it’s funny.
They definitely do hurt, because it was on the soft side of my head.
Jacob Elordi plays Nate Jacobs on the HBO teen drama ‘Euphoria.'.Eddy Chen/HBO
So it was bleeding, we had to get the medic, but it was fun.
It’s these little, less violent parts that you end up actually like getting knocks and bruises on.
But he really went for it, which was awesome.
I feel like there’s always a stuntman on standby.
This season’s action-packed.
Later in the episode, we see Nate doesn’t snitch on Fez to his father.
Why do you think he did that?
Does he respect Fez more post-fight?
Does he have greater revenge plans in store for him?
And for the first time, he’s sort of like, “What the f—?”
And from that, he starts sorting out others in his life, and tying up loose ends.
But maybe not in the way that we’d usually see Nate do it.
Yeah, it kind of sobers him.
Usually the show opens with a character’s backstory, but tonight’s episode did something different.
It’s this absurd little moment.
it’s possible for you to move around in that world a little more.
This idea of love and family that he doesn’t have.
This conventional storybook idea for him.
This is a good girl.
I have full control over her.
This must be what love is."
Because that’s his thing.
The whole time I think he has no f—ing idea what love is.
He’s not loved by his mom.
He’s not loved by his dad.
He’s not loved by his peers.
He has no concept of what real love is.
So he’s just trying the best he can to understand it.
Every time I was in, I was in with her, and vice versa.
She brings it every single take, every single scene.
And they’re always intense scenes with her as well, but we had so much fun.
Has there been a different dynamic between acting with Alexa Demie and acting with Sydney?
Yeah, completely different working with Syd.
Whereas when I was working with Alexa last season, it was like a drama.
Yeah, completely different working with both of them.
Obviously Nate’s such a complex character, so some things are unclear.
I don’t know.
You’ll always have a pang when you see that somebody.
So that was definitely something that I was trying to play.
It’s also very hard to let someone go fully, to say “Goodbye forever.
I will never see you again or speak to you.”
I think that has so much to do with it.
His deadpan of “Don’t ever put that in writing again,” made me laugh.
Did you feel like you got to be funny at all this season?
That was [creator]Sam [Levinson]’s direction for sure.
They’re f—ing absurd!
And Sam’s brilliant at that.
He always sees the absurdity in life and the humor in these super f—ed up situations.
Do you relate to the idea of disliking your kid in the sense of playing Nate?
I have a really wonderful relationship with my parents, so that’s where I can empathize with him.
That’s a crazy thing to think about a child.
“I don’t like you.”
When I was doing the work on the scene, I just could not get over that thought.
A grown adult who brought you into the world saying “I don’t like you.”
That’s f—ing heartbreaking.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
